Tree Protection Bill - Call for Evidence

Clause 4 strengthens section 125 of the 2011 Act by tightening requirements for replacing trees removed or damaged in breach of a TPO. It would mandate that any replacement must be a heavy standard tree of an appropriate species, and landowners must notify the council once it is planted. If that replacement dies, is damaged, diseased, or removed within five years, it must be replaced again. New rules also shift responsibility: where someone other than the landowner caused the TPO breach, that person must carry out the replacement duties, though the owner may step in if they fail to act within 18 months and can recover reasonable costs.